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Filters
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:doc:`Filters </programming/data/filters>`
are used to select records from the database table according to the specified criteria.

Click the **Filters** button to open the
:doc:`Filters Dialog </admin/items/filters_dialog>`.

.. image:: /intro/_images/filters_dlg.png
	:align: center
	:alt: Filters dialog

Now click the **New** button and fill out the following form:

.. image:: /intro/_images/new_filter.png
	:align: center
	:alt: New filter

Similarly, create a few other filters:

.. image:: /intro/_images/all_filters.png
	:align: center
	:alt: All filters
	
When we refresh the project page, the **Filters** button appears in the 
header of the "Contacts" form. Clicking this button opens the "Filters" dialog box:

.. image:: /intro/_images/contacts_filters.png
	:align: center
	:alt: Contacts filters